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Z_Zoquis
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 Posted - 09/17/2005 : 04:34:48
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Videogames that is. I am. Been there since the early days of Pong really and I've enjoyed them ever since. Mostly flight sims, racing sims, and old arcade games. I'm currently updating my MAME set actually - takes a fair bit of time to d/l 16 gigs of arcade roms...
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 04:41:35
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I'm very keen on Call of Duty. I'm not usually one for those types of game, but Call of Duty really hit something for me. I've dabbled with Flight Sims, mainly for the aesthetic pleasure of it. Didn't last long...
I like Tetris, Asteroids and Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Llamadance
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 04:55:37
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I tend to play management/sim games. Civilization III, Football Manager 2005, Rome: Total War (an awesome game in scope and execution), World Championship Snooker and X2: The Threat.
Of those, Football Manager and CivIII probably get the most play, but mainly because they're easy to play intermittently. It's almost impossible to play a FPS at home, because they need extended attention.
I have been getting my daughter to play Space Invaders recently.
That which does not kill me postpones the inevitable.
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Kirk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
633 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 06:43:21
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MAME: Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
I do have a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator on my PC. I can't get into the serious games, so I end up playing ALF, the Noid, and Wayne's World sometimes. Very, very dumb games.
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Z_Zoquis
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 09/17/2005 : 07:20:22
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MAME is an amazing resource. It gets a bit of a bad rap from the anti-piracy morality brigade but really it's an honourable endeavor. It would be a sad thing for all those old classics to dissappear (some already have). Of course, MAME does emulate newer stuff (I think the rule is they don't do any games less than 3 years old) but usually not very well - and by the time the emulation is working, the game will be old. Really, anything more recent than 2000 probably isn't working right in MAME (with a few exceptions). Not everything pre-2000 works right either but many do work very well. Being able to play a round of Galaga or Raiden once in a while is a cool thing.
I've owned pretty much one console system from every generation since the Atari2600 (let's see, Atari2600, Vectrex, Gameboy, NES, SNES, PSX, Dreamcast (<-- probably my all time favorite), and just recently a Gamecube). I'm nearly finished the first Metroid Prime game and it's truly one of the 2 or 3 best games I've ever played - right up there with DOOM. The best first person shooters can be awesome fun, but unfortunately most FPS's are really dull. Call of Duty was a great one though.
A few years back I got into a race sim called Grand Prix Legends and joined up with an online league. That was an amazing experience. Very challenging but hugely rewarding. The community that developed around that sim was really something. Still going strong too. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 07:27:22
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first console was an N64, great console.. mario 64 was fucking amazing. and of course, zelda ocarina of time, goldeneye, perfect dark, etc. etc.
i have a gamecube now but i don't really play console games that much... thus nintendo is a perfect choice with their excellent 1st party games. zoguis, you should definitely get RE4 if you haven't already.
at the moment i'm playing a lot of counter strike: source on the pc.
i have a GBA but only ever play it when i'm on holiday.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 07:30:47
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quote:
Originally posted by misleadtheworld
I'm very keen on Call of Duty. I'm not usually one for those types of game, but Call of Duty really hit something for me. I've dabbled with Flight Sims, mainly for the aesthetic pleasure of it. Didn't last long...
Me too. It's an excellent game. I've managed to ween myself off it for now.
I also love Pro Evolution Soccer.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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Z_Zoquis
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Posted - 09/17/2005 : 08:00:34
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Originally posted by PixieSteve
zoguis, you should definitely get RE4 if you haven't already.
Yeah, everything I've heard about RE4 leads me to believe I need to get it sooner or later. I'm sorta just waiting for the price to come down. I've never been too big on the survival horro genre, but it sounds like RE4 has resolved some of the long-standing issues the games seemed to always have so I think it's definitely the one to get... |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 08:03:22
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yeah, it's more like a 3rd person action game now. the camera follows you, no slow zombies but fast crazed villagers, plenty of ammo, etc. etc.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 15:43:47
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I like RPG-type games, like the Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior series. I'm really not good at the games that require fast reflexes, but I still like them. I'm mostly a Nintendo guy, but I would probably get a PlayStation if I had money burning a hole in my pocket. I really have no interest in the XBox.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 16:16:51
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I like my first person shotters and RPG's. At the moment I'm playing The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay and The Thing on the X Box. I've asked this before in another games thread, but did anyone own a Saturn. Saturn owners are a very rare breed indeed.
On the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain |
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Z_Zoquis
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Posted - 09/17/2005 : 16:52:28
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 17:52:46
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Yep I remember one of it's advantages over the PS was a memorey card which allowed massive sprits without any slow down. I think the most famous was the Marvel fighting games. I was never into these, but I dip into them the odd time for nostalgia of chippers with Street Figher 2.
On the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain |
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WolfManMikeLonely
= Cult of Ray =
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 19:59:49
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Lately I've been playing a lot of World of Warcraft, it may be geeky but that shit is addictive. The other day I also picked up Burnout Revenge which is much fun.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2005 : 20:14:32
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i like majong and solatare. 
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
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Kirk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
633 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 09:29:38
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| I never did have the patience to learn Mahjong, but someday...someday I'll learn Mahjong, backgammon, and chess. |
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Visiting Sasquatch
= Cult of Ray =
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 10:24:12
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| My fuzzy sentimental memories for PC games actually falls on adventure games...Space Quest, Maniac Mansion, Sam N Max, Monkey Island....ahhh I miss those days...dont forget Civilization and Sim City....I love Call of Duty too, while Battlefield 2 is holding my attention right now. |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
1264 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 12:17:16
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 12:41:04
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Mahjong is dangerously addictive and am quite glad franken pc doesn't have it.
Tetris, ditto, we used to have a dodgy tetris game called nyet I think, awful.
Haven't played proper games for years. Used to play text adventures (zork, hitchikers etc) as a kid and the odd crappy platform game on the einstein computer we had. Then moved on to sam n max (which I still have, heh) and things like zak mckraken (two headed squirrels...ace) I quite liked day of the tentacles as well. Then there were things like myst and return to zork, winding it up , ended with a fairly healthy doom obsession then not much after that.
Oh, and, what was it called... under a killing moon or something, some 5CD horror of a detective thing with mutants. I loved that.
Never really got into the whole game-console-game thing, I played silent hill and some resident evil a few times on other peoples but, didn't grab me.
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Z_Zoquis
- FB Fan -
145 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 14:25:32
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If you like Mahjong, MAME would be right up your alley... 
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 19:43:50
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| Worms Armaggedon is one the greatest games ever. And I have to admit a deep love Soul Reaver. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 20:35:59
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Worms is absolutely brillant, even on my phone! More addictive then Lemmings! Flashback to Tetris in 1990, soo addictive!, as was Bubble Bobble and Pang. Wow, flashback just reminded me of Flashback and Another World, god I loved them.
On the thirty-first floor your gold-plated door
Won't keep out the Lord's burning rain |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 21:15:42
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Superabounder
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1041 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 21:17:34
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quote:
Originally posted by Z_Zoquis
A few years back I got into a race sim called Grand Prix Legends and joined up with an online league. That was an amazing experience. Very challenging but hugely rewarding. The community that developed around that sim was really something. Still going strong too.
I heard about how amazing that game was supposed to be, but my computer at the time was so damn slow that there was no way I could have run it. I love cars, and that one with the old grand prix deathtrap racers seemed very visceral and glorious when I read about it.
When I got my new computer last year someone asked me if I had heard of the game and lent it to me-it wouldn't work on his machine so I tried it on mine but no luck either except for the intro movie.
I love driving games but haven't played them in years (since first grand turismo game on PS1).
All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies |
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2792 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2005 : 21:25:39
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i liked Gauntlet........"Wizard needs food badly"
"Valkrie is about to die"
funny stuff, we use to jimmy the machines for endless credit, four players to boot. |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 02:48:53
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The Hulk "Ultimate Destruction"
 I am not a number. I am a free man! |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 03:06:56
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Best game ever, without a doubt: "Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle"
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro |
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bishk99
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United Kingdom
100 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 03:38:53
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quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
Best game ever, without a doubt: "Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle"
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro
Wrong! I think you'll find the best game ever is 'The Secret of Monkey Island' or perhaps 'Monkey Island 2: Le Chucks Revenge'.
-Bish
"Mine's a pint of the black stuff"
..."ha, You can't drink a pint of Bovril!" |
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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
947 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 03:39:54
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Grim Fandango.
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the tips turn down oh my vicious thumbs... |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 03:42:15
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Long live evil purple tentacle!
(in my defence... this essay writing is very boring)
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 03:50:28
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Damn right Day Of The Tentacle.
I haven't played proper computer games for ages, although Freecell has ruined my life.
I used to like Championship Manager (like, like a junkie likes heroin), Civ, ooh, Colonisation too.
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 03:51:42
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quote:
Originally posted by bishk99
quote:
Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
Best game ever, without a doubt: "Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle"
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro
Wrong! I think you'll find the best game ever is 'The Secret of Monkey Island' or perhaps 'Monkey Island 2: Le Chucks Revenge'.
-Bish
"Mine's a pint of the black stuff"
..."ha, You can't drink a pint of Bovril!"
No. Second place to Monkey Island. Probably Loom in third place.
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 04:06:33
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Don't you find it annoying when the game records your total playing time and shows it to you when you load a saved game?
I don't want to know I've wasted 2 days of my life playing stupid video games!!!
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 04:14:20
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That reminds me: Final Fantasy 7/8/9 used to do that, I loved them.
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
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Z_Zoquis
- FB Fan -
145 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 04:21:26
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quote:
Originally posted by Superabounder
quote:
Originally posted by Z_Zoquis
A few years back I got into a race sim called Grand Prix Legends and joined up with an online league. That was an amazing experience. Very challenging but hugely rewarding. The community that developed around that sim was really something. Still going strong too.
I heard about how amazing that game was supposed to be, but my computer at the time was so damn slow that there was no way I could have run it. I love cars, and that one with the old grand prix deathtrap racers seemed very visceral and glorious when I read about it.
When I got my new computer last year someone asked me if I had heard of the game and lent it to me-it wouldn't work on his machine so I tried it on mine but no luck either except for the intro movie.
I love driving games but haven't played them in years (since first grand turismo game on PS1).
All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies
You've hit on one of the games achilles heels. It was too demanding to run properly on the systems that existed when it first came out and by the time technology had caught up to it it wouldn't run as is anymore either. Luckily, one of the guys from Papyrus (the developer) went off on his own an wrote a patch for the game to make it run under Direct3d (which is now a necessity of course). There are also several other tweaks and a slew of updates pretty much recquired too. Virtually every aspect of the game has been "modded" to improve the look, sound, the online playability. It really was amazing to be part of that whole community (the community is still there actually, I've just moved on to other things). But the sim itself is a real beast - very uncompromisingly "realistic". It was simulating an era of F1 racing before such niceties as "downforce" and "racing slicks" existed. The cars were tin coffins on wheels basically and they drove like it. That difficulty was a hurdle that turned many away but if you could get over it you were rewarded with an incredibly thrilling experience - particularly the online aspect which hasn't really been bettered even yet. The only other sim with a strong an online component is Papyrus' other franchise - Nascar Racing 2003. |
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Z_Zoquis
- FB Fan -
145 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2005 : 04:28:32
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Originally posted by whoreatthedoor
Don't you find it annoying when the game records your total playing time and shows it to you when you load a saved game?
I don't want to know I've wasted 2 days of my life playing stupid video games!!!
El amor es la distancia más larga entre un punto y otro
I'd rather spend 2 days of my life playing a great videogame than 2 hours of my life watching a crappy movie. I'm up to 34 hours on Metroid Prime and having an absolute blast. |
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Anyone else into games?
